tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post1348237292399942863..comments2024-03-29T14:03:27.321+02:00Comments on Dispatches from Vilnius: It began with a handshakeJames Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-88379214316108647312014-12-20T13:26:07.521+02:002014-12-20T13:26:07.521+02:00Great scene from Seinfeld,
https://www.youtube.co...Great scene from Seinfeld,<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e7LicRweOgJames Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-17589668872914626472014-12-19T21:03:31.363+02:002014-12-19T21:03:31.363+02:00By the way, in my youth Cubano beisbol players wer...By the way, in my youth Cubano beisbol players were among my faves in the MLB. Luis Tiant, Leo Cardenas, and Tony Perez were among them. I can hardly wait to see them come back to baseball - when it happens the majority of players will be Latino and we will have an even better quality of game.Tripplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568801152695491482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-70702242312239945652014-12-19T21:01:17.975+02:002014-12-19T21:01:17.975+02:00Rubio is a phony. Everyone knows that it was econ...Rubio is a phony. Everyone knows that it was economic trades and diplomacy is what stimulated reform in the old Soviet bloc. It could have worked just as easily in stimulating reform in Cuba. Had relations been normalized Cuba would have been democratic and enjoying far greater economic prosperity than it has today. Tripplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568801152695491482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-20074768205552426482014-12-19T08:05:38.831+02:002014-12-19T08:05:38.831+02:00Not to mention it undercuts his base of support. ...Not to mention it undercuts his base of support. The Cuban American influence in politics is not as strong as it once was, influencing Democratic thinking as well. Clinton relied on exiled Cuban money and votes in Miami to take Florida during the 1992 primaries.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-17927055322000074352014-12-18T22:41:40.080+02:002014-12-18T22:41:40.080+02:00Marco Rubio is a Cuban-American with visions of be...Marco Rubio is a Cuban-American with visions of becoming President himself. This surprise shift in U.S. Cuban relations must be an especially bitter pill for him to swallow. For the GOP in general, it undercuts their strategy to cast Obama as a weak leader without a plan.<br /><br />Craig<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com